Sentinel-3 Mission Status - IOCCG · Sentinel-3 Mission Status ... Nice Sentinel-3 Ground Segment All Sentinel-3 Core Ground Segment facilities are established.

Sentinel-3 Mission Status

Peter Regner (ESA) – IOCCG-20-Paris, France, 3-5 March 2015

Sentinel-3A Satellite Status

Sentinel-3A in TAS Cannes test facilities (Dec 2014)

Payload readiness

SRAL PFM* instrument integrated on the satellite.

FM2 already delivered. No open issues.

MWR PFM integrated on the satellite. FM2 already

delivered; No open issues. Swap of instruments in

July 2015.

SLSTR PFM integrated on the platform; functional

testing performed, without major issues. FM2 tests

on-going; swap of instrument in June 2015.

OLCI PFM fully characterised and integrated on

the platform; FM2 under assembly, swap of

instrument in July 2015

Platform readiness

Sentinel-3A AIT activities are continuing nominally.

Mechanical Qualification Tests completed very

good results.

Qualification & Acceptance Review in July 2015.

* PFM ProtoFlight Model

Sentinel-3A Reviews

CAT1

CAT2

CAT3

Board meeting

10-07-2015 / 13-08-2015

15-04-2015 / 15-05-2015

30-09-2015

Readiness of operational

procedures, ops preps, teams, GS

infrastructure. Authorisation to fuel the Satellite

S3A S/L Qual. & Acceptance completion, Readiness of

flight & ground segments (SAT, GS, LV) for final

launch prep.

S3 GS validation on

the basis of the GSV test, ops

prep status and GS facilities readiness

Launch Readiness

of LV, Space and

Ground Segments

13-10-2015

Objectives/Remarks

Launch from Plesetsk

Cosmodrome on Rockot launcher in Oct. 2015

31-01-2015

S3 GS AR

Request to Eurockot to

change launch period to (Oct-

Dec); with preliminary launch slot in Oct. 2015

S3 QAR/ FRR

CTS ORR

10-08-2015

LRR

31-03-2015

Final confirmation of launch slot by end of March

Sentinel-3B Satellite Status

Sentinel-3B in TAS Cannes ready for AIT (Credit: TAS)

S-3B Platform

Assembly Integration and Testing (AIT) proceeding

nominally

Payload

SRAL being integrated into the satellite

MWR delivered to TAS and being integrated

OLCI instrument ready in December 2014

SLSTR start of PFM refurbishment no earlier than May

2015

Launch

S-3B Final Acceptance Review is predicted at Q1 2017

earliest Launch date of end Q2 2017,

depending on the availability of launch windows

ITT process for placement of procurement contracts for

the C & D units of the S-3 satellite expected to be

completed by 1st half 2015

CDB

CDB

CDB

CLS

Toulouse

Eumetsat Darmstadt

DLR

Oberpfaffenhofen

ACRI Nice

CDB

Sentinel-3 Ground Segment

All Sentinel-3 Core Ground Segment facilities are established.

On-site qualification and acceptance activities scheduled for April up to July 2015.

Similar system set-up as for the Sentinel-1 Ground Segment (launched 3 April 2014).

X-Band Station Svalbard

• Data downlink, NRT & offline data processing

Processing and Archiving Centres (PACs)

• systematic non-time-critical data processing

• reprocessing following algorithm & calibration parameter upgrades

• CLS for SRAL

• DLR for OLCI (land)

• ACRI for SLSTR and S-3 synergy products

EUMETSAT’s marine centre acts as PAC for marine products

Mission Performance Centre (led by ACRI):

• Operational quality control and mission performance monitoring

EU-ESA and EU-EUMETSAT agreements signed, providing full coverage for S-3 mission operations costs.

Early S-3 Mission Timeline

• Satellite In Orbit Verification

• Verification of satellite operability & instrument performance

• Limited L0/L1 data for Cal/Val

• PGDGS Commissioning

In Orbit Commissioning Review (not before

March/April 2016)

• Satellite and payload stable and functional

• Operations gradually ramped up to full capacity

• Routine Cal/Val activities commence coordinated

by the Mission Performance Framework (MPC,

ESLs, S3VT, ESRIN, EUMETSAT)

Commissioning phase preparations on-going

Payload- and GS-commissioning plans finalised

S-3 Cal/Val plan endorsed by the S3 Mission Advisory Group (11/12 Dec 2014)

2nd S3VT Meeting

@ EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, 3/4 Dec 2014

Objective

• Inform the teams about mission wide aspects

• Review the plans and activities of the S3VT

• Seek feedback how to assure Fiducial Reference Measurements

i.e. state of the art in-situ validation measurements, standardized, adherent to protocols, with traceable calibration and complete uncertainty budget.

Recommendations

• Update bio-optical protocols for AOPs and IOPs

• Establish a long-term in-situ instrument calibration service to support the S3VT activities

• Perform field measurement „Round Robin” intercalibration

• Need for several operational buoys for VC in open ocean

• Community processor for field radiometric measurements

• Coordination of activities with the IOCCG and its WGs

123 participants; dedicated OC subgroup (63 scientists)

representing 47 projects Sentinel-3 Calibration and Validation Plan

Sentinel-3 Scientific Validation Team Implementation Plan

Sentinel Data Access

Rolling archive for discovery and downloading of Sentinel core

products

EU funded Copernicus backbone system incl. Eumetsat’s

integrated EUMETCAST

dissemination system for marine products

Mirror sites managed by 3rd parties (nat. Space Agencies in

Europe & outside the EU) via specific

agreements

Rolling archive for Sentinel core

products and access to off-line archived

data for international partners

Governed by the Copernicus Data and Information Access Policy

Free & open access to Sentinel data during the Copernicus operational phase

Same data access mechanism as successfully implemented for Sentinel-1

SNAP SentiNel Application Platform

Coordinated development of S1/S2/S3 toolboxes

Based on heritage from BEAM and NEST

Common base platform, common set of modules

Interoperability between toolboxes (Sentinel, others)

Public release of S1/S2/S3 Toolboxes Sept. 2014

V2.0 (May 2015) based on

V6.0 (June 2016) facilitate entry into Cloud Processing Services

Publicly available source code repositories

GitHub social coding (https://github.com/senbox-org/

JIRA issue tracking system (https://senbox.atlassian.net/

Confluence wiki (https://senbox.atlassian.net/wiki/)

Sentinel Scientific Toolboxes

https://earth.esa.int/web/sentinel-tbx/home

2-5 June 2015, Venice, Italy

http://seom.esa.int/S3forScience2015/

Research & Development Studies – in preparation

SEOM Call Subject Cost ITT Status

S1-4SCI Ocean * TOPS mode & Polarisation in C-band (wide swath

wind, wave, and current retrieval)

0.5 M€ in preparation Q3 2014

S1-4SCI Land * Land Cover & Vegetation

* Snow & Land Ice

1.0 M€ in preparation Q4 2014

S2-4SCI Land * Vegetation Indices * Classification

* Clouds * Atmospheric. Correction * Red edge

1.5 M€ in preparation Q3 2014

S3-4SCI SAR Altimetry

* Coastal * Hydro * Land * Altimetry-Echo 1.0 M€ in preparation Q3 2014

S3-4SCI Land * Surface-Atmosphere retrievals * Fire * LST 1.0 M€ in preparation Q4 2014

S3-4SCI Ocean Color * Carbon Pools in the Ocean

* Integrated PAR

* Extreme Case2 Waters

0.8 M€ issue date in July 2014

SY-4SCI Synergy * S1-S2 Land cover & agricultural mapping products

* S2-S3 New type of Vegetation products

* S5P-S3 Phytoplankton Functional Types (PFTs)

* S1-2-3 Ocean virtual laboratory

1.0 M€

ITT out. Proposal by end June. Activities to start before summer

Total 6.8 M€

ITTs in preparation - Contracts to be awarded in 2014/2015 (total of 6.8 M€) :

Summary

S-3A platform & instrument integration and testing on track.

Current S-3A launch date: October 2015.

S-3B integration started. Expected launch date: end Q2 2017.

Preparations for S-3A commissioning phase on-going; preparation

of cal/val activities progressing.

All ground segment facilities established and under testing.

Same data access principles as for Sentinel-1.

First release of scientific user Toolbox available.

Funding for the mission operations cost secured. Respective

agreements signed with the EU.

• Copernicus Programme: copernicus.eu • Data access: copernicusdata.esa.int • Sentinel Online: sentinel.esa.int